Rep. Nancy Mace is leading a GOP effort to harass their newly elected Democratic colleague
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., promised Rep. Nancy Mace he would not allow he would not allow « biological men » to use women’s bathrooms by adding a provision to the House Rules package, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday.
That reported pledge comes shortly after Mace introduced a bill Monday that would prevent Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., from using women’s bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol. The bill specifically prohibits House members from « using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex. »
McBride recently became the first openly trans woman elected to Congress.
Asked to confirm Punchbowl News’ reporting, Johnson’s office pointed Salon to his comments at press conference on Tuesday.
« There’s a concern about the uses of restroom facilities and locker rooms and all that », Johnson told reporters. « This is an issue that Congress has never had to address before, and we’re going to do that in deliberate fashion with member consensus on it, and we will accommodate the needs of every single person.
